© 2016 by The Johns Hopkins University Press The Deep Impact of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Todd M. Furman and Alfred Tuminello, Jr. Keywords: good life, ethics, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PPD-NOS), autism, early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) I f applied behavior analysis (ABA) works as claimed by Furman and Tuminello (2015), then both Schlinger (2015) and Potter (2015) agree that ABA could, in principle, be an aid for solving many more problems than just those as- sociated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Does ABA work for children with ASD as Furman and Tuminello claim? Schlinger believes that ABA can, in fact, solve developmental and behavioral problems associated with ASD for some children to the point that those children might flourish in the Aristotelian sense. On the other hand, Potter does not believe that ABA can, in fact, elevate children with ASD to the level of Aristotelian flourishing. Schlinger may be predisposed to agree with Fur- man and Tuminello because he is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and has probably seen the results that ABA can produce not just for children with ASD, but also for a wide range of people afflicted with developmental and behavioral problems. Be- cause preaching to the choir wins no new converts, Potter’s doubts and criticism are the focus here. Before responding to Potter’s objections, some self-disclosure is in order. The genesis for Furman and Tuminello (2015) was not to show a connec- tion between Aristotle’s concept of flourishing, Autism, and ABA per se. Rather, the prime motiva- tion was to shed light on the fact that ABA can fa- cilitate tremendous results for a sizable percentage of children with ASD—results that would count as a good life by most any metric. Instead of proposing a new metric for a good life, and having to defend it as well, Furman and Tuminello used the somewhat familiar and strenu- ous notion of a good life as offered by Aristotle. The choice of Aristotle’s rubric was somewhat capricious then. Hence, a full defense against Pot- ter’s objections will not be mounted, except for where she has underestimated the deep impact that ABA can have on children with ASD—where the accomplishments of children with ASD that have been treated with ABA are on par with those of normally developing children.